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Pieter Tuulinen
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security
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Posted - 2016.10.11 23:13:37 -
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Never divorce an Empress - she always gets the house.
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security
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Posted - 2016.10.12 01:04:44 -
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Samira Kernher wrote:I see.
Special Delivery! One Sammi-Soul.
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security
6525
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Posted - 2016.10.12 01:14:50 -
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Gwen Ikiryo wrote:That seems a little foreboding in the long term. If clones are no longer inherently blasphemous in most circumstances, how long could the sacred flesh doctrine really hold up theologically? What would happen to a society like the Empire if Holders could rule indefinitely, without needing to pay regard to their wider family and succession?
I'm guessing a lot of assassination.
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security
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Posted - 2016.10.12 04:14:02 -
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Gwen Ikiryo wrote:Pieter Tuulinen wrote:I'm guessing a lot of assassination. If it does play out that way, it's not exactly an ideal for a society that bases itself on the ostensible piety of it's rulers. Call me a misanthrope, but I can't see this as anything other then a fairly cynical move to solidify favor in the increasingly important Capsuleer class in the Empire by the new Empress. But, I won't sneer at those who take vindication from it regardless.
I doubt that it will take the race that came up with Shathol-syn very long to concoct an orderly codex for legal assassination that takes all the guesswork and collateral damage away.
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security
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Posted - 2016.10.12 17:56:29 -
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New Empress, New rules. What amazes me are the number of you who believe that the Empress has a divine mandate from heaven to rule in the manner she believes is best but now question those changes.
God didn't elect a conservative candidate, he elected one who is likely to depart from the past. That Empress is now acting in precisely the way one would expect. If it has been God's plan that the Empire suffer for a few generations because of adherence to certain principles, why would you not expect a countervailing period where the Empire now changes those policies and enjoys some prosperity therefore.
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security
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Posted - 2016.10.12 19:01:00 -
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Arrendis wrote:Pieter Tuulinen wrote:New Empress, New rules. What amazes me are the number of you who believe that the Empress has a divine mandate from heaven to rule in the manner she believes is best but now question those changes. How fortunate, then, that not all of us who question the sincerity of this decree believe in her.
And those of us who don't believe thought the original decree was backwards, reactionary and stupid. We surely didn't admire the Amarr for it. By any objective measurement, the Empire is less stupid because of the change.
It caused genuine distress to loyalist capsuleers and seemed nothing more than prejudice and a tantrum from Holders who couldn't accept that there was something they wanted that they couldn't obtain through money, power, influence or violence.
From the perspective of the believers, you have the anointed of God reaching out through the Theology Council.
From the perspective of the rest of us you have, perhaps, the least ******** thing to come out of a government agency in quite awhile.
From either perspective, I'm not sure what has YOUR underwear all bunched up.
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security
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Posted - 2016.10.15 03:16:39 -
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I really adore the term "Hazardous Equipment with Faces" Aria. I now know what my Splinterz team will be called - with your permission, of course.
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security
6544
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Posted - 2016.10.15 13:27:23 -
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Speaking of the modern state of the cloning industry, when is the last time that any of us had to choose the quality of our clone body?
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hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security
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Posted - 2016.10.16 01:56:31 -
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Arrendis wrote:Pieter Tuulinen wrote:Speaking of the modern state of the cloning industry, when is the last time that any of us had to choose the quality of our clone body? I did, just last night. I lovely group of pilots from The Culture invited me to decide if I wanted to choose the pristine clone I have in 9CG, or the rather shot-up one I was currently using in G95. Needless to say, I chose the pristine clone.
Scar tissue builds character. But, and this is the point, we used to make jokes about making sure not to choose a clone made from potato peelings in case we suffered personality alteration and large-scale memory loss.
These days, I believe, all clone providers handle the same high-quality clone product.
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Caldari Colonial Defense Ministry
Templis CALSF
6581
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Posted - 2016.10.26 22:29:38 -
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Ayallah wrote:Aldrith Shutaq wrote:Sure, because we're really stupid enough to invade the State before we invade you. Why not invade the State? I personally believe a very strong argument can be made for a Reclamation of the Caldari people. In fact I think it would be an ideal campaign, could easily come before Reclaiming the Federation, or Republic.
Oh, you. You just want to see the Golden Fleet burn, don't you?
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Caldari Colonial Defense Ministry
Templis CALSF
6582
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Posted - 2016.10.27 15:20:59 -
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Ayallah wrote:Pieter Tuulinen wrote:Oh, you. You just want to see the Golden Fleet burn, don't you? Numerically smallest military with no allies going against the largest one with a native EM hole? Perhaps I should present my ideas another time regardless.
I feel very hesitant in reminding you of a fact that you have demonstrated ample command of. Numbers are often an illusion, it is effectively projected force that matters. My friend, your time out in null has blinded you to the fact that the Navies are NOT the same as capsuleer fleets. You can't do a match-up of even a fleet of capsuleer hulls and say you know how a WAR would go down between two baseliner navies.
The State has entire regions mobilised as military defence districts. Invading Citadel or The Forge would be like putting your head in a bee-hive. The Caldari Navy excels in fighting asymmetric battles against numerically superior foes and their tech edge is another force multiplier.
As for the lack of allies - how long do you think it would be before the Tribes crossed both the border with Amarr to take advantage of the reduced defensive forces and the border into State space to get some Amarr crusader blood? The State and the Republic would jump at the chance to unite against the Empire under these circumstances and if you think the Federation would be very far behind, I'd imagine you'd be mistaken.
Whilst there would certainly be some in the Federation who would rejoice to see the State broken, those exact same factions would be the ones most opposed to a strengthened Empire. In the end, the invasion of State space would blunt and break the best formations of the Amarrian Navy, expose it to flank attacks from the Republic and politically isolate the Empire by destroying it's only ally. It would paint the Amarrian Empire as a rabid dog on permanent notice for an opportunity to attack any and all.
I'm sure you know what would come next - the Clans would 'come for their people' and the Federation would 'end the despicable institution of slavery once and for all' and the sands of time would close over the oldest culture in New Eden forever.
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Caldari Colonial Defense Ministry
Templis CALSF
6582
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Posted - 2016.10.27 15:24:08 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Veikitamo Gesakaarin wrote:Remember that one time, when the Empire went, "Hey look at those Jove, they have a numerically inferior fleet with no allies, Reclaiming them will be really easy!"
Veikitamo remembers. So you claim the Caldari Navy to be as powerful as the Jove Empire's battle-fleet?
Would it have to be equally powerful with the Jove to be sufficiently powerful to prove the point?
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Caldari Colonial Defense Ministry
Templis CALSF
6583
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Posted - 2016.10.27 16:30:33 -
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Aldrith Shutaq wrote:Oh, look, Ayallah opened the can of worms and Pieter has started dumping them on the table. I knew this would happen.
Stop it. Nobody likes worms. Especially worms that might weaken an alliance that both of our nations are made better by. Stop being stupid.
Aldrith, you should have more faith than that. The Alliance stands because it stands on its merits - we're allies because both of us bring something to the table and certainly not because we like each other.
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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Pieter Tuulinen
Caldari Colonial Defense Ministry
Templis CALSF
6590
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Posted - 2016.10.27 22:08:08 -
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Nauplius wrote:We outnumber the Caldari State subhumans 5 to 1 not including the Khanid Kingdom. And as Ayallah notes, they have a native vulnerability to our weapons.
What are we waiting for? They don't have a chance against us, and if our Empress were anything but a pathetic, moneygrubbing merchant she'd have ordered the invasion the moment after she was crowned.
With respects, my people have heard that tune before.
For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead
in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a
hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
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